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• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea
Russia is flouting its own legislation and demonstrating horrific brutality in failing to release Tofik Abdulgaziev, who should be with his family at this time
• War crimes
Olha Baranevska was clearly targeted by the Russian invaders of Melitopol for her pro-Ukrainian position and her refusal to take part in the indoctrination that Russia has tried to instil in preschools and schools on occupied territory
Olha Hulchak, Olena Penza and Yulia Stanika are among an ever-increasing number of Ukrainians sentenced to terms of imprisonment longer than those that murderers or violent criminals get for their patriotism
Sergei Karasyov is the latest of many individuals identified by Ukraine, western investigators and media for their believed role in atrocities during the occupation of Kyiv oblast, whom Russia treats as 'heroes'
The charges against the men bear no scrutiny, but their absurdity, as well as the clear indications of torture, are clearly of no concern to the ‘judges’
The court did not take into account Sergei Tuzhilov’s claim that he was “carrying out orders” when he shot dead one Ukrainian prisoner of war and instructed a subordinate to kill another
It is worrying that the Russian FSB has only now reported the 17-year-old Ukrainian patriot’s ‘arrest, as he was clearly seized many months ago
The occupation authorities were evidently looking for any pretext to harass Lenora Dyulber, presenter of the Crimean Tatar talk show Merkez and came up with two, each as preposterous as the other
Russia is quite openly using terror and repression in occupied Crimea to silence all voices of dissent and of Ukrainian identity with it likely that the situation is at least as bad on other occupied territory
Sentences against Ukrainians accused essentially of patriotism are long and guaranteed, with ‘trials’ taking place in total secrecy
Valery Zaitsev was just 19 when he was seized in occupied Donetsk oblast, together with his mother whom the same ‘court’ sentenced to 10 years
• War crimes • Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea
Both Ruslan Chorny-Shvets and Serhiy Lykhomanov were seized over two years ago in occupied Sevastopol, with threats against Serhiy’s family used to force him to admit to surreal charges